About Us

We Believe in the Right of All Women To Live Free From Fear and Abuse

Chester Women’s Aid has been in existence since 1976, setting up Chester Refuge and running it with volunteers. 1989 marked a change when the Committee joined with a Housing Association to provide paid staff to support residents. 2002 brought more changes as the charity Committee and the housing provider parted company, and the charity withdrew from the management of the refuge.

The Charity continued support to the refuge, and other specialist domestic abuse services, establishing the following aims:

The charity does not have staff, but volunteers work either as Trustees or within the Friends Group. Friends are bound by the Terms of Reference for the Friends of Chester Women’s Aid and the Trustees are bound by the Constitution and requirements of the Charities Commission.

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Morning! What are your usual Saturday plans? If you win one of the vouchers from either @nextofficial or @Joulesclothing at our #IWD2018 raffle on March 3rd you could be off shopping for the day! Combined value of £75, raffled individually.

🏆Raffle Prize Reveal time - are you ready for this? At our #IWD2018 event @ChesterTownHall March 3rd, we will have 2⃣ @chesterzoo tickets in our raffle! Thank you so much to the zoo - the lucky winner will have a great day out - we recommend seeing the #painteddogpuppies!